The cat is in the bag

[2nd version here]

These two were such a privilege to work on. The story is one of struggle, triumph, becoming the person on the outside you knew you were on the inside, and a hero that inspired you to do so. Thanks so much for letting me be a part of that journey via these commissions. I wish you the best of luck.

Seated Woman, Back Turned to the Open Window by Henri Matisse (ca.1922).

This unlikely photo shows a phenomenon called cross sea, and it’s basically the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. In surface navigation, a cross sea is a sea state with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles. Waves generated by the new wind run at an angle to the old, creating a shifting, dangerous pattern. Until the older waves have dissipated, they create a sea hazard among the most perilous. (Source)

mb: Danny Ocean & Rusty Ryan

by kolbasa

The Silent Adieu, Charles Napier Hemy

If You Had To Do A Real Job…What Would You Do?

Library of the Strahov Monastery (Strahovský klášter), Prague (by ancient-serpent)

the yellow’s for friendship

Mary: Katherine, go find your way over there. That Colonel Jim is a tall glass of water. Dorothy: That he is. Tall, strong, demanding… Mary: And I bet he’s like that day and night–